“I’ve stayed the same throughout,” Golding said. “It’s just people’s perception of you changes. So I’m struggling with the fame a bit.”

Nonetheless, Golding hopes to inspire other Asian actors through his success. “I don’t want to be defined as the Asian leading man,” he said. “I want to be the leading man. Henry Golding. If it means helping inspire other Asians to be leading men, hell yeah, I’ll take it.

“You don’t know how proud I am to have that associated with my name. Sadly, we’re so underrepresented that we have to start with these labels to be proud of it, to normalize it. So shit, I’ll be the next Asian leading man.”

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Born in Taiwan, Joan moved to the UK at an early age. Struggling to understand her identity and her place in society, Joan keeps a low personal profile but is keen to share her thoughts with the wider world.